After all, you can’t really go any further if you don’t have a domain name and a hosting account so let’s move on.

Setting Your MAIN Domain Name In Hostgator

To link a domain name to a hosting server account, you need to “prepare” both entities.

When you are going to buy a hosting account for the first time, you’re required to set a MAIN domain name (that’s why you buy your domain name first and then your hosting account second).

Setting your MAIN domain name in hostgator

I DO NOT recommend you buy your domain name with Hostgator.

Some people actually recommend doing so because this way you can skip the DNS update but honestly, it is a VERY limited user interface so save yourself the trouble and use a proper domain name registrar company and select the “I Currently Have a Domain Name” choice.

Updating Your Domain Name Servers Inside Namecheap Video

So for that server to be properly linked to your domain name, you update its DNS inside the domain name control panel.

This would be done inside NameCheap or whichever company you decided to buy your domains from (Godaddy, 1&1, Enom, etc).

So let’s jump to video already!

Not hard at all right?

Conclusion

This process is a lot simpler to do, than it is to explain it so if you have any questions or doubts don’t hesitate to ask and I’ll gladly try to clear them out for you.

The process for updating your DNS for new domain names once you already have a hosting account, is even simpler but it is different and I’ll address that on a follow up article.

Normally, the average blogger/internet marketer knows how to do this (manage add-on domains) on a shared server account but you should know I’m always one step ahead so I’ll show you the common way and the elegant way and that is, with a reseller account!